Welcome to the Bank Street Children's Book Committee's (CBC) Searchable Best Books List, a tool designed to help educators, families, librarians, and others access developmentally appropriate and engaging books for young readers (ages birth - 18).
Our online Searchable Best Books List draws from the committee's annual Best Children's Books of the Year-beginning with the list of books published in 2000-with each featuring more than 600 high-quality titles for young readers.
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Last Stop on Market Street
by Matt de la Peña
Illustrator: Christian Robinson
Ages: 5 & Under
Published: 2015
Publisher: Putnam Juvenile/Penguin
ISBN: 978-0-399-25774-2
Keywords: Social/Emotional Learning, Relationship
A grandmother gently guides her complaining grandson to see the beauty in his environment of urban poverty. Bright bold illustrations.